XPost: alt.building.construction, alt.trades.construction.us, alt.survival   
   XPost: alt.construction, alt.talk.weather, rec.travel.usa-canada   
   From: balnk@my.ney   
      
   How about Dick Chaney's "undisclosed" location?  That seems pretty safe   
      
   Frank F. Matthews wrote:   
   > Since the OP was concerned about the cold even in the northern US I   
   > suspect that Quebec is out.   
   >   
   > Laura25 wrote:   
   >> The is no safe place in the US ! We will probably die of a hard attack   
   >> due to bad food (I mean fast food). My advise go to Québec, Canada, it   
   >> might be a bit cold in the winter but you will eat well.   
   >> "Charles"  a écrit dans le message de news:   
   >> 123rke2b1pf780a@corp.supernews.com...   
   >>   
   >>> I lived in Northern Delaware for 19 years and do not remember any of the   
   >>> issues that the OP wrote about. Well, except for a few tornadoes. The   
   >>> economy is good, housing is fairly reasonable and the education system,   
   >>> schools, are great. Oh yea, no sales tax.   
   >>> "John"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:r2ng3292kohl675eroe5lbp2oqv216fujb@4ax.com...   
   >>>   
   >>>> I just wondered what states people would regard as being some of the   
   >>>> safest places to live in the USA?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> When I say "safe" I mean the safest states from dangers such as   
   >>>> natural disasters like Hurricanes, Tornados, Earthquakes, Floods, Wild   
   >>>> Fires, Grapefruit sized hailstones, Severe Weather etc, as well as   
   >>>> from crime, gangs and things like that?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If for example I wanted to live in the USA, I don't think it would be   
   >>>> a good idea for me to choose Arizona because I have skin that easily   
   >>>> burns. I also wouldn't want to choose somewhere like Maine or   
   >>>> Minnesota where it might be freezing a lot of the time.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I also just had a question about home construction in the US. Whenever   
   >>>> I see images on television of the damage from Tornados and Hurricanes   
   >>>> etc, a lot of the homes that have suffered damage or have been   
   >>>> completely destroyed, it seems that they are mainly constructed of   
   >>>> timber. I don't understand why so many homes in the US especially in   
   >>>> areas were you get a lot of Hurricanes and Tornados at certain times   
   >>>> of the year are constructed of timber. Surely it would be better if   
   >>>> they were constructed of something more solid like big stone?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I have been watching some of the devastation on the news in paces like   
   >>>> Tennessee from the recent tornados. I have also been in the middle of   
   >>>> a Hurricane (Fran) once when I was on holiday in the US and visiting   
   >>>> friends in North Carolina back in 1996 so have seen first hand the   
   >>>> damage that can be done. I have also witnessed massive hailstones that   
   >>>> fell in Pennsylvania when I worked there, and saw all the smashed   
   >>>> windscreens on cars afterwards.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I just wondered what the opinion is of people who work in the   
   >>>> construction industry. Would it help if homes were built of different   
   >>>> materials to timber?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I am also thinking there must be some type of material that can be   
   >>>> used to make car windscreens (windshields) that wouldn't smash if hit   
   >>>> by large hailstone? Maybe some sort of see through plastic/rubber that   
   >>>> the hailstone would just bounce off instead of smashing through? If we   
   >>>> can make bulletproof cars surely making a windscreen that doesn't   
   >>>> smash is also possible?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If you have any suggestions for some relatively safe states in the US   
   >>>> I would be very interested to know.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I am guessing that much of the south and south east can be ruled out   
   >>>> for the Hurricanes and the middle of the country for tornados. The   
   >>>> Western seaboard for the fault line. Places like Texas, Arizona,   
   >>>> Nevada, Southern California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida for the   
   >>>> heat. The North, NW and NE for the freezing temperatures, so that will   
   >>>> remove states like Alaska, Washington, Montana, N&S Dakota, Minnesota,   
   >>>> Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Maine etc. See my rough map. I'm not   
   >>>> sure if I've done a good job of getting roughly the right areas for   
   >>>> the danger spots?  http://tinyurl.com/nt3vm   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What's left? Oregon? Hawaii?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> John   
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